Houston high school students in the Department of Philosophy’s Ethics and Society summer enrichment program visited the Texas 1st Court of Appeals in downtown Houston June 21 to hear a special presentation by Rice alumna and Judge Evelyn Keyes ’85. Keyes, who earned her Ph.D.

The American Philosophical Association announced June 14 that Gwen Bradford, an associate professor of philosophy at Rice, has been awarded the 2017 Book Prize for “Achievement” (Oxford University Press), which is about the nature and value of achievement.